Imagine you’re a fly on the wall at the 1988 British Motor Show. On Jaguar’s stand, basking under the flashbulbs of the world’s press is a very low, very long and very wide concept supercar. Jaguar calls it the XJ220, the number relating to its projected top speed. It is to be powered by a

When we visited the new Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience last year at Kenilworth, we heard of the interesting news of the Jaguar Heritage Challenge. Jaguar Special Operations were deliberately conservative with the inaugural calendar and this has proved to be quite a success. The final round at Oulton Park’s Gold Cup meeting saw an exciting

I was pleasantly surprised to see Norman Dewis receiving an OBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours List. Surprised not because he didn’t deserve it, he was probably one of the most influential people in the development of the D Type, E Type and 23 other significant Jaguars including the XJ13. I was surprised because

We’ve driven a whole string of Jaguars this past 18 months and without exception, they’ve been the most enthusiastically received by those who’ve seen them. Ranging from nods of approval in car parks, generous gestures allowing us into those gaps in traffic, all the way to taps on the office door for a ride in

Jaguar Land Rover are quick on their feet these days. Just a few months after they closed the deal on acquiring the Fen End test track from previous residents Prodrive, they also bought the entire Dr James Hull Collection, the huge collection of classic Jaguars and Land Rovers. In amongst all of this, they’ve established

I’ll warn you now. If you’re of the long thin Englishman build like myself, you may struggle with the fit of a C Type Jaguar. Whatever you do, don’t let that put you off, undertake whatever contortions or even surgery may be required to fit, because it’s worth it. I’m with Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience

You know you’re going fast when your support and chase car is capable of 186mph. And that’s just for checking the comms links. Jaguar are teaming up with Bloodhound SSC in their quest to move the land speed record beyond 1,000mph. The current record stands at 763.035mph and was set by Andy Green in Thrust

The Dynamic Mode including Active Exhaust of the Jaguar F Type S stays set when you switch off the engine. Unlike many other cars with these options, your settings remain as you left them when you return. The owners handbook says that it remains that way for eight hours. It’s 6.00 am, the neat alloy

As more details are emerging about the final six Jaguar E Type Lightweight, we thought it was a good time to take a look at all the aspects of this remarkable series production. We’ve reproduced here the entire series of images released by Jaguar to show the quality of workmanship. With car Zero, the prototype,